18th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 63 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140121956 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANGE CALCULATION IN VEHICLES - A system for calculating the operating distance range remaining for a vehicle. The system includes a driver input sensor for sensing predetermined vehicle operating condition data, an energy storage sensor for sensing energy storage capacity data of a corresponding energy supply mechanism, a controller in communication with the driver input sensor and the energy storage sensor. An executable range calculation software program is stored in the memory of the controller which uses sensed vehicle operating condition data from the driver input sensor and sensed energy storage capacity data from the energy storage sensor to determine range by determining a mean of energy storage capacity data, determining a slope of the energy storage capacity data, determining an intercept of the energy storage capacity data, and applying a least square linear regression to the determined mean, determined slope and determined intercept to find the remaining range. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121957 | GEOFENCE-BASED TRIGGERS FOR AUTOMATED DATA COLLECTION - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for automated data collection using geofence-based triggers. In one embodiment, the location of a vehicle can be monitored by a variety of computing entities. By using the vehicle's location, it can be determined when the vehicle enters and/or exits defined geofences. After a determination that a vehicle has entered or exited a defined geofence, one or more events can be automatically triggered/initiated. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121958 | GEOFENCE-BASED TRIGGERS FOR AUTOMATED DATA COLLECTION - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for automated data collection using geofence-based triggers. In one embodiment, the location of a vehicle can be monitored by a variety of computing entities. By using the vehicle's location, it can be determined when the vehicle enters and/or exits defined geofences. After a determination that a vehicle has entered or exited a defined geofence, one or more events can be automatically triggered/initiated. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121959 | ENHANCED LOCATION INFORMATION FOR POINTS OF INTEREST - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for identifying a serviceable address that is associated with a street network connection point and an actual location point. For example, in one embodiment, the serviceable address may be associated with a street network connection point that is part of a digital map. The serviceable address may also be associated with an actual location point, such as a parcel drop-off point. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121960 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING LOCATION OF TERMINAL USING DEAD RECKONING - An apparatus for estimating the location of a terminal obtains definite location information of the terminal, estimates a dead reckoning location of the terminal using finally obtaining definite location information when definite location information of the terminal is not obtained for a set time, and combines positioning information of an adjacent terminal, definite location information of the terminal, and dead reckoning location information of the terminal with each other when reliability of dead reckoning location information of the adjacent terminal is higher than reliability of dead reckoning of the terminal to estimate combinatorial location information of the terminal. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121961 | NON-ECHO ULTRASONIC DOPPLER FOR CORRECTED INERTIAL NAVIGATION - A method and device for non-echo ultrasonic Doppler used for corrected inertial navigation includes providing at least one ultrasonic emitter within an environment, each emitter configured for transmitting an ultrasonic tone of a predefined frequency. An initial location of the mobile device is established within the environment. Dead reckoning procedures are initiated using sensors within the mobile device. The device receives at least one ultrasonic tone from an emitter, and converts the at least one ultrasonic tone into a digital waveform. The device determines at least one peak frequency of the digital waveform, and subtracts the at least one peak frequency from each predefined frequency to determine at least one Doppler shift, which is used for correcting the dead reckoning of the mobile device. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121962 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING USING CORRECTED YAW BIAS VALUES - A method for navigating using a speed sensor and a yaw rate sensor includes computing, for each of a plurality of error parameter values, a distance traveled for each of a plurality of directions of travel. The method also includes selecting the error parameter value that maximizes the distance traveled in one or more of the directions of travel, applying the selected error parameter value to data from the yaw rate sensor, and navigating using dead reckoning based on data from the speed sensor and data from the yaw rate sensor with the applied error parameter value. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121963 | SMOOTHED NAVIGATION SOLUTION USING FILTERED RESETS - A navigation system includes at least one inertial sensor configured to detect motion of the system and generate inertial data; at least one aiding device configured to generate aiding device measurement data; at least one processing unit configured to generate an un-smoothed navigation solution inclusive of navigation state variable error resets based on the inertial data and the aiding device measurement data; wherein the at least one processing unit is further configured to sum the state variable error resets into a cumulative sum of the state variable error resets; wherein the at least one processing unit is further configured to high pass filter the cumulative sum of the state variable error resets; and wherein the at least one processing unit is further configured to subtract the high pass filtered cumulative sum of the state variable error resets from the un-smoothed navigation solution to generate a smoothed navigation solution. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121964 | VEHICLE LOCALIZATION USING SURFACE PENETRATING RADAR - Described are a method and a system for localization of a vehicle. The method includes the acquisition of SPR images of a subsurface region along a vehicle track. Acquired SPR images are compared to SPR images previously acquired for a subsurface region that at least partially overlaps the subsurface region along the vehicle track. In some embodiments, the comparison includes an image correlation procedure. Location data for the vehicle are determined based in part on location data for the SPR images previously acquired for the second subsurface region. Location data can be used to guide the vehicle along a desired path. The relatively static nature of features in the subsurface region provides the method with advantages over other sensor-based navigation systems that may be adversely affected by weather conditions, dynamic features and time-varying illumination. The method can be used in a variety of applications, including self-driving automobiles and autonomous platforms. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121965 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING MOVING ROUTE OF CARGO ON THE BASIS OF 3D INFORMATION - Disclosed is a method for searching a moving route of a cargo on the basis of 3D information, including: acquiring workplace information including depth information by using a camera; generating 3D information on the workplace based on the acquired workplace information; and searching all the possible moving routes for each cargo to move from a start position to a target position on the basis of the generated 3D information to select moving routes for each cargo to move. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121966 | TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING LOCATION DATA FROM A DATABASE - A technique for determining location data from a database is presented. A method implementation of that technique comprises receiving a first user input defining an extension of a search corridor relative to a map visualized on a display unit. The search corridor extends from a first map area to a second map area spaced apart from the first map area. In response to a second user input defining one or more characters, location data are determined of at least one location associated with the one or more characters and lying within the search corridor. The technique may be used for searching for an intermediate or target location in connection with calculating a route. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121967 | Social Mobile Shopping System - Methods and system are provided for enhancing consumer shopping. The methods and systems allow consumers to more readily purchase products of interest to them. The consumers' ability to shop effectively and efficiently is enhanced while a payment provider, such as PayPal, Inc., and/or an online seller, such as eBay, is given a mechanism for recruiting new users. For example, a user's online searches and/or stored shopping list can be used to determine which products the user is interested in purchasing and the availability of at least some of these products can be provided to the user, along with directions to the nearest POS brick-and-mortar stores where the products can be purchased. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121968 | TECHNIQUE FOR THE ACOUSTIC SIGNALLING OF A NAVIGATION MANOEUVRE - A technique for the acoustic signalling of a navigation manoeuvre is described. A method aspect of this technique comprises providing an association between two or more navigation manoeuvres on the one hand and two or more manoeuvring instructions on the other hand. In this case, different nonverbal acoustic manoeuvring instructions are associated with different navigation manoeuvres. A navigation manoeuvre is signalled by outputting the nonverbal acoustic manoeuvring instruction associated with the navigation manoeuvre. This manoeuvring instruction may be a tone or a tone sequence. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121969 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING OBJECTS SUCH AS MINES - A device for detecting objects such as mines placed in a zone to be explored, the device being placed on a vehicle moving at a velocity V and including a panel on which a radiation set is arranged to transmit signals at an illumination frequency and to receive signals reflected from the zone, and a processing circuit to provide information about the presence of the objects after processing of the reflected signals, wherein the radiation set includes an alignment of antennas arranged transverse to the velocity V of displacement of the vehicle. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121970 | Systems and Methods for Analyzing Flowback Compositions in Real Time - A sensor assembly includes an optical computing device having an integrated computational element (ICE) configured to optically interact with a fluid stream and detect a first characteristic of a substance within the fluid stream. The optical computing device is configured to generate a first signal corresponding to the first characteristic. The sensor assembly also includes a parameter sensor configured to measure a second characteristic of the fluid stream and generate a second signal corresponding to the second characteristic and a processor communicatively coupled to the optical computing device and the parameter sensor. The processor is configured to receive the first and second signals and determine a mass flow rate of the substance. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121971 | Passive Magnetic Ranging for SAGD and Relief Wells Via a Linearized Trailing Window Kalman Filter - A method of drilling a well is disclosed. A first estimate is obtained of a location of the well with respect to a reference well at a selected depth. A magnetic measurement is obtained at the selected depth using a sensor. The obtained magnetic measurement is related to a residual magnetic charge distribution in the reference well. An expected value of the magnetic measurement at the selected depth is determined from the residual magnetic charge distribution. A second estimate is obtained of the location of the well using the first estimate of the location, the obtained magnetic measurement and the expected value of the magnetic measurement. A drilling parameter of the well is altered using the second estimate of the location. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121972 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WELL DATA ANALYSIS - A method of processing data generated from an energy industry or oilfield operation includes: receiving a data set representing parameter values generated during at least a portion of the operation, the parameter values including values of a plurality of parameters relating to the operation; dividing the data set into a plurality of data subsets, each data subset including values for multiple parameters; determining a measure of similarity between data in each subset relative to data in one or more other subsets; displaying a map of the data set in at least two dimensions, the map including a visual representation of each subset positioned relative to a visual representation of the one or more other subsets based on the measure of similarity; and analyzing the map to estimate a condition associated with the operation. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121973 | Prognostics And Health Management Methods And Apparatus To Predict Health Of Downhole Tools From Surface Check - A method includes analyzing historical surface check data to train classifiers indicative of data separation between healthy and unhealthy downhole tools. The method also includes developing, based on the classifiers, prognostics health and management algorithms to predict failures in the downhole tools. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121974 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEEP TRANSIENT RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENT - A method of processing electromagnetic signal data includes: receiving transient electromagnetic (TEM) signal data from a downhole tool disposed in an earth formation, the downhole tool including at least one conductive component; estimating an initial bucking coefficient based on relative positions of the at least two receivers; combining the TEM signal data using the initial bucking coefficient to estimate an initial formation signal; selecting a plurality of bucking coefficient values based on the initial bucking coefficient and estimating a plurality of formation signals, each formation signal corresponding to one of the plurality of bucking coefficients; and selecting an optimal bucking coefficient from one of the initial bucking coefficient and the plurality of bucking coefficients based on the plurality of formation signals, the optimal bucking coefficient providing suppression of parasitic signals due to the at least one conductive component. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121975 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING DRILLING COMPONENTS - According to one embodiment, a method for selecting drilling components is disclosed. The method may include determining properties of drilling components. The drilling components may include a bottom hole assembly (BHA) and drilling fluid. The properties of drilling components may include BHA properties and drilling fluid properties. The method may also include determining a total organic carbon content in a rock formation unit using a computer. The method may further include determining a pyrite content in the rock formation unit using the computer. The method may still further include determining whether the and the drilling fluid are incompatible for use in the rock formation, based upon the BHA properties, drilling fluid properties, the total organic carbon content, and the pyrite content. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121976 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF FORMATION BUBBLE POINT IN DOWNHOLE TOOL - An apparatus for estimating a bubble point of a fluid in an earth formation penetrated by a borehole includes: a pump configured to pump fluid from the earth formation through an extendable probe into a volume; and a processor. The processor is configured to perform a pressure-volume test on the fluid sample. The test includes: increasing the pressure of the fluid sample above formation pressure and logging the pressure and volume of the fluid sample; calculating a reference compressibility of the fluid sample; decreasing the pressure of the fluid sample and logging the pressure and volume; calculating a compressibility of the fluid sample using the logged pressure and volume obtained from during the decreasing; comparing the calculated compressibility to a threshold; and estimating the bubble point as the current fluid sample pressure when the calculated compressibility first meets or exceeds the threshold factor. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121977 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING A PETROLEUM RESERVOIR - Computational methods and systems for monitoring a petroleum reservoir are disclosed. A baseline survey is used to generate baseline data for a petroleum reservoir. Subsequent monitor surveys generate monitor data at different stages of production on the reservoir. The baseline data is reconstructed as if it was acquired at the locations of the sources and receivers of the monitor surveys, and the monitor data is reconstructed as if it was acquired at the same locations of the sources and receivers of the baseline survey. For each monitor survey, two four-dimensional (“4D”) difference data sets are generated from the baseline and monitor data and from the reconstructed data. The 4D difference data sets are combined to reduce background and produce 4D signal data that provides reliable and accurate interpretation of production activity on the reservoir. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121978 | Determining Borehole Corrected Formation Properties - A method for correcting formation properties due to effects of a borehole is disclosed. The method includes obtaining voltage measurements using a logging tool disposed in a borehole penetrating a subsurface formation. The method further includes using a processor to: determine a tensor for the formation using the voltage measurement. For a given set of parameters, the processor determines, based upon the voltage measurements, a parameter value for each parameter in a subset of the set of parameters. The method further uses the processor to compute a borehole-inclusive modeled tensor that includes the effects of the borehole using the parameter values, optimize the parameter values using the determined tensor and the borehole-inclusive tensor, compute an optimized tensor using the optimized parameter values, compute a borehole corrected tensor using the optimized tensor, and determine at least one borehole corrected formation property using at least one of the borehole corrected tensor or the optimized parameter values. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121979 | DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF A MATERIAL LOCATED BEHIND AN OBSTRUCTION - A method and apparatus for determining the location of a material located behind an obstruction. A plurality of acoustic resonators ( | 2014-05-01 |
20140121980 | PREDICTING THREE DIMENSIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF RESERVOIR PRODUCTION CAPACITY - A method for evaluating portions of a reservoir includes classifying producing reservoir portions in the reservoir into multiple classifications based on production data associated with the producing reservoir portions. Each classification corresponds to a range of the production data. The method further includes generating a correlation between the classifications of the producing reservoir portions to a petrophysical property and elastic property of the subterranean formation, generating, based on the correlation, a spatial distribution function of reservoir quality to represent predicted classifications as a function of physical locations in the reservoir, and evaluating, using the spatial distribution function, a physical location in the reservoir for reservoir quality. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121981 | REMOVING GHOST REFLECTIONS FROM MARINE SEISMIC DATA - Presented are methods and systems for deghosting seismic trace data. A cost function and one or more applicable constraints are selected and used to generate a time-variant deghosting filter. The time-variant deghosting filter can be recalculated for predetermined time intervals over the span of the associated seismic data. The time-variant deghosting filter is then applied to the seismic trace data to attenuate ghosts within the predetermined time interval. A plurality of seismic trace data can be stacked before generating and applying the time-variant deghosting filter. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121982 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING BIOMETRICS UTILIZING 3-DIMENSIONAL SENSOR DATA - An approach is provided for processing various sensor data and determining various characteristics associated with a user. A data collection module may process and/or facilitate a processing of sensor data for determining one or more distance measurements between at least one body part of a user and a device. The data collection module may determine one or more biometrical characteristics associated with the user based, at least in part, on the one or more distance measurements. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121983 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING GENOME SEQUENCE - There is Provided a method and system for aligning a genome sequence. The system for aligning a genome sequence includes a fragment sequence producing unit producing a plurality of fragment sequences from a read sequence, a filtering unit forming a set of candidate fragment sequences only including those of the plurality of the produced fragment sequences matching a target sequence, a fragment sequence elongating unit calculating the number of mapping positions of each of the candidate fragment sequences to the target sequence, selecting a fragment sequence in which the calculated number of mapping positions is higher than a predetermined value and elongating the selected fragment sequence until the number of mapping positions to the target sequence approaches the predetermined value or less, a mapping length calculating unit dividing the target sequence into a plurality of sections and calculating a total mapping length of the candidate fragment sequences by sections, and an aligning unit selecting a section in which the calculated total mapping length is a reference value or more and performing global alignment of the read sequence with respect to the selected section. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121984 | MOLECULAR FINGERPRINTING TO IDENTIFY INBREEDING AND OUTBREEDING DEPRESSIONS - Systems and methods for molecular fingerprinting to identify Inbreeding and Outbreeding Depression Factors (IODFs) in an animal are described. In one aspect, the systems and methods receive inputs such as information pertaining to a set of loci, allele quantity and size, genotype, and/or so on. The systems and methods calculate, based on at least a subset of inputs and a set of microsatellite markers, an IODF. The systems and methods evaluate the calculated IODF to determine if the animal is a suitable/good candidate for a breeding program. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121985 | CLASSIFICATION OF NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES BY LATENT SEMANTIC ANALYSIS - DNA sequences are analyzed using latent semantic analysis. A set of nucleotide sequences is received in which the set has a first number of sequences. A set of basis vectors is determined, in which the set has a second number of basis vectors, the second number being smaller than the first number. Each basis vector represents a specific combination of predetermined nucleotide segments. For each of the nucleotide sequences, an approximate representation of the nucleotide sequence is determined based on a combination of the basis vectors. For each pair of nucleotide sequences, a distance between the pair of nucleotide sequences is determined according the distance between the approximate representation of the pair of nucleotide sequences. The set of nucleotide sequences are classified based on the distances between the pairs of nucleotide sequences. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121986 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING GENOME SEQUENCE - A system and a method for aligning a first and second genome sequences in a reference sequence includes a seed generation unit configured to generate one or more fragments from each of the first sequence and the second sequence and constitute a first seed group and a second seed group from the one or more fragments, a mapping value calculation unit configured to divide the reference sequence into a plurality of sections, and calculate a first mapping value of seeds included in the first seed group and a second mapping value of seeds included in the second seed group for each section, and an alignment unit configured to select a first section in which both the first and second mapping values are greater than or equal to a reference value and search for mapping positions of the first sequence and the second sequence in the first section. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121987 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING GENOME SEQUENCE CONSIDERING ENTIRE READ - A system and a method for aligning a genome sequence considering an entire read are provided. The system for aligning a genome sequence includes a fragment sequence production unit configured to produce one or more fragment sequences from an entire section of a read sequence, and an alignment unit configured to perform global alignment on the read sequence using the produced fragment sequences. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121988 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING GENOME SEQUENCE CONSIDERING REPEATS - A system and a method for aligning a genome sequence considering repeats are provided. The system for aligning a genome sequence includes a fragment sequence production unit configured to produce a plurality of fragment sequences from a read, a fragment sequence length adjustment unit configured to select the fragment sequences whose mapping repeat numbers in a target sequence exceed a predetermined reference value from the plurality of produced fragment sequences and adjust lengths of the selected fragment sequences until the mapping repeat numbers of the selected fragment sequences reach a value equal to or less than the reference value, and an alignment unit configured to perform global alignment using the fragment sequences having the adjusted lengths. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121989 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING ANALYTE SENSOR DATA - The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for processing sensor data, including calculating a rate of change of sensor data and/or determining an acceptability of sensor or reference data. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121990 | Secure Informatics Infrastructure for Genomic-Enabled Medicine, Social, and Other Applications - A system is disclosed in which human genomes are stored in databases or in a cloud based computer system, which is secure and private and then downloaded to personal devices for possible peer-to-peer interactions for health care applications, as well as for social and other applications. The use of the system is directed to fully sequenced genomes and includes protocols that are constructed to mimic in vitro biological tests to conduct genomic analysis instead of generic computational techniques, which tend to be impractical as they require performance of online computation over the entire genome. Three specific examples of protocols or techniques for privacy-preserving testing on fully sequenced genomes included are: 1) privacy-preserving genetic paternity testing, 2) privacy-preserving personalized medicine testing, and 3) privacy-preserving genetic compatibility testing. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121991 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING GENOME SEQUENCE - A system and a method for aligning a genome sequence are provided. The system for aligning a genome sequence includes a fragment sequence production unit configured to produce a plurality of fragment sequences from a read, a filtering unit configured to constitute a candidate fragment sequence group including only the fragment sequences mapped to a reference sequence among the plurality of produced fragment sequences, a mapping number calculation unit configured to divide the reference sequence into a plurality of sections and calculate total mapping numbers of the candidate fragment sequences for the sections, and an alignment unit configured to select the sections in which the calculated total mapping numbers are greater than or equal to a reference number and perform global alignment on the read with respect to the selected sections. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121992 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING GENOME SEQUENCE - A system and a method for aligning genome sequence are provided. The system for aligning genome sequence includes a mapping position calculation unit configured to select one of a plurality of seeds produced from a read and calculate a mapping position of the selected seed in a target sequence, and a global alignment unit configured to calculate a repeat judgment region for the selected seed from the calculated mapping position, determine whether global alignment is pre-performed in the calculated repeat judgment region and perform global alignment the selected read at the calculated mapping position when the global alignment is not pre-performed. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121993 | CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE - In many situations, particularly in forensic science, there is a need to consider one piece of evidence against one or more other pieces of evidence. For instance, it may be desirable to compare a sample collected from a crime scene with a sample collected from a person, with a view to linking the two by comparing the characteristics of their DNA, particularly by expressing the strength or likelihood of the comparison made, a so called likelihood ratio. The method provides a more accurate or robust method for establishing likelihood ratios through the definitions of the likelihood ratios used and the manner in which the probability distribution functions for use in establishing likelihood ratios are obtained The methods provide due consideration of stutter and/or dropout of alleles in DNA analysis, as well as taking into consideration one or more peak imbalance effects, such as degradation, amplification efficiency, sampling effects and the like. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121994 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAILURE PREDICTION USING LUBRICATING FLUID ANALYSIS - Methods and systems for failure prediction using analysis of oil or other lubricant. Raw data about feature(s) of each of a plurality of particles filtered from a fluid sample are used to categorize each particle into one of a plurality of categories, each category being defined by one or more of: chemical composition, size and morphology. Particle physical characteristics in each category are quantified to obtain a set of categorized data. The categorized data are compared with historical data. Results of the comparing are evaluated to generate a prediction of any failure or mechanism of failure. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121995 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO DETECT DAMAGE OF A COMPONENT OF A SYSTEM - An apparatus and method detect damage of a component of a system. The damage detection apparatus includes a first grid of sensors arranged in a first orientation on a surface of the component and configured to generate a first set of signals. The apparatus also includes a second grid of sensors, independent from the first grid of sensors, arranged in a second orientation on an insulating layer on the surface of the component and configured to generate a second set of signals, the second orientation overlapping with the first orientation. A processor detects the damage based on a change in at least one signal of the first set of signals or the second set of signals. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121996 | Multi-Unit Data Analyzer - A vibration analysis system including a sensor to be coupled to a machine to measure vibration data, a data acquisition and processing unit to communicate with the sensor to receive the measured vibration data from the sensor and to perform test operations on the received vibration data to calculate vibration parameters, and at least one control unit to transmit operation requests instructing the data acquisition and processing unit to start receiving the vibration data from the sensor, to perform test operations, and to transmit corresponding vibration parameters over a wireless communication link to the control unit. The data acquisition and processing unit includes a data management unit such that when the communication link is broken, the data acquisition and processing unit continues to perform the test operations, and when the communication link is reestablished, the data management unit transmits the vibration parameters to the control unit. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121997 | METHOD FOR THE UNAMBIGUOUS DETECTION OF THE WEAR THRESHOLD OF A TYRE - The wear detection method applies to a tyre ( | 2014-05-01 |
20140121998 | Systems and Methods for Adverse Combustion Avoidance and Correction - Systems and methods for avoidance and correction of potentially adverse combustion states such as flame holding and flashback are disclosed. According to one embodiment of the disclosure, one or more sensors acquire sensor data from one or more sensors associated with combustion. An operational limit margin (OLM) is calculated using an OLM model and based at least in part on the sensor data. A determination is made as to the presence of a potentially adverse combustion state based at least in part on the OLM and the model. Once determined, corrective action may be taken to avoid an adverse combustion event prior to occurrence of the event. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121999 | DETECTING LEAKS IN A FLUID DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - Technologies for detecting leaks in a fluid distribution system are described herein. Historical leak detection information is received from a sensor in the fluid distribution system and collected in a database. A baseline is determined from the historical leak information. Current leak detection information is then received from the sensor and the probability of a leak in the fluid distribution system is determined based on a difference between the current leak detection information and the baseline. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122000 | Apparatus And A Method For Measuring In-Plane Elastic Constants For A Laminate - An apparatus is provided that includes a wave generator, plurality of transducers and processing device. The wave generator may be configured to simultaneously generate a plurality of acoustic waves that propagate through a laminate along a plurality of in-plane directions. The transducers may be spaced apart from one another and positionable at one or more known distances from the wave generator along respective in-plane directions. The transducers may be configured to detect acoustic waves propagating through the laminate along the respective in-plane directions. The processing device may be coupled to the transducers and configured to simultaneously calculate a plurality of elastic constants of the laminate as a function of velocities of the acoustic waves detected by the transducers. And the processing device may be configured to calculate the velocities as a function of the known distance(s) and arrival times of the acoustic waves at the transducers. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122001 | POWER MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE POWER SOURCES AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A power measurement system for multiple power sources includes a plurality of measurement apparatuses, a multiplexer, and a processing module. Each of the measurement apparatuses has a sense resistor and a sense amplifier. The sense resistor is electrically connected to a power source at one terminal thereof and electrically connected to a load at the other terminal thereof. The sense amplifier receives a voltage difference across the sense resistor, amplifies the voltage difference by a gain value, and outputs an amplified sense voltage. The multiplexer receives the amplified sense voltages and outputs one of the amplified sense voltages. The processing module receives the one amplified sense voltage outputted from the multiplexer and calculates an output power of the power source according to the one amplified sense voltage. Furthermore, a method of operating the power measurement system is provided. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122002 | POWER CONSUMPTION DETECTOR AND MOTHERBOARD AS WELL AS FAN BOARD USING THE SAME - A power consumption detector includes a first resistor, an amplification unit, a voltage divider and a processing unit. A first end of the first resistor, coupled to the object, receives a current from the object during working. An amplification unit has a first input end coupled to a second end of the first resistor and a second input end receiving the working voltage. The amplification has an output end generating an amplification signal. A voltage divider, coupled to the output end of the amplification unit, is used for receiving the amplification signal and generating a voltage division signal. A processing unit, coupled to the voltage divider, is used for receiving the voltage division signal, calculating the current flowing through the first resistor and power consumption of the object upon the current and the working voltage. The power consumption detector is applied to a motherboard or a fan board. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122003 | PREDICTION METHOD FOR SUN-TRACKING TYPE PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM - A method for predicting power generation for a sun-tracking type photovoltaic system. A calculating device may perform the prediction method and may comprise the steps of: forming a mathematical relationship that relates the variation in sunlight incident angle of powers for sun-tracking type and fixed-type photovoltaic systems to at least one electrical characteristic of the photovoltaic system; accumulating ratios between the power production rate of the sun-tracking type photovoltaic system and the fixed-type photovoltaic system; and according to a predetermined cost estimation structure, providing an analysis for determining whether a sun-tracking type photovoltaic system should be installed. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122004 | CALCULATING APPARATUS, MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM, POWER CONSUMPTION CALCULATING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A calculating apparatus is provided. The calculating apparatus includes a resistance calculating unit configured to calculate, based on a pulse width of a gradient pulse generated by a gradient coil, a resistance of the gradient coil at the time that the gradient coil generates the gradient pulse, and a power consumption calculating unit configured to calculate power consumption of the gradient coil, based on the resistance of the gradient coil. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122005 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A YIELD FORECAST BASED ON WAFER ACCEPTANCE TESTS - A wafer acceptance test (WAT) system and method that, in one embodiment, includes: ( | 2014-05-01 |
20140122006 | Method of Automated Calibration and Diagnosis of Laboratory Instruments - Method and system providing an automated workflow for installing and/or calibrating laboratory equipment. The workflow empowers an end user to perform installation and calibration thereby reducing the costs associated with such activities. The automated workflow taught herein, can greatly reduce the incidence of calibration error by providing for verification of certain events during the calibration process. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122007 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE ANGULAR POSITION OF A ROTARY ELEMENT, AND A BEARING INCLUDING SUCH A SYSTEM - This method determines an angular position of a rotary element rotating with respect to a stationary element where a magnetic ring rotatably fastened with the rotary element is arranged with respect to a set of N regularly distributed sensors, with N≧3. Each sensor is suitable for issuing a unitary electric signal representative of a magnetic field generated by the magnetic ring. In this method, one computes a first sum of the signals issued by all N sensors and compares this sum to a first reference value. If the first sum equals the first reference value, one uses the signals of all N sensors to compute a signal representative of an instantaneous value of an angle representative of the angular position of the rotary element. If the first sum does not equal the first reference value, a series of defined steps to optionally obtain the instantaneous value are provided. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122008 | Device and Method for Measuring Mass Flow Rate of Fluids - In a device and method for measuring a mass flow rate of a fluid, a housing has two hollow pipes communicating with one another and having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, an electromagnetic excitation unit excites vibrations in the hollow pipes, two electromagnetic adapters are associated correspondingly with the two pipes and provides signals which are proportional to a speed of vibrations of the pipes of said housing, and an electronic block connected with the electromagnetic excitation unit and with the electromagnetic adapters determines a mass flow rate of a fluid, a correction associated with inclusions in the fluid and constituted by a ratio of a voltage amplitude of the adapters and a voltage amplitude of excitation of vibrations by the electromagnetic excitation unit, and a corrected mass flow rate of the fluid based on the determined mass flow and the determined correction. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122009 | WIRELESS DEVICE TEST STATION CALIBRATION - Embodiments for calibrating a radiofrequency (RF) test station with a portable RF test station calibration device are disclosed. In one example, a portable RF test station calibration device comprises an RF power meter, a power sensor, and a computing device. The computing device may be configured to connect to the RF test instrument and to the RF power meter. The computing device may further comprise instructions executable by a logic subsystem to control the RF test instrument to transmit one or more RF signals having requested transmission values, receive measured transmission values from the RF power meter, determine a difference between the requested transmission values and the measured transmission values, and send a calibration value to the RF test instrument to be stored at the RF test instrument, the calibration value derived from the difference between the requested transmission values and the measured transmission values. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122010 | LCD DRIVER VERIFICATION SYSTEM - A system and method for verifying the electrical behavior of a liquid crystal display (LCD) driver circuit connected to LCD segments of an electronic circuit includes generating test patterns for verifying the LCD driver circuit. The LCD driver circuit generates LCD stimuli in the form of electrical current based on the test patterns. The current is applied to front and back planes of each LCD segment. Root mean square (RMS) voltages of each LCD segment are determined and compared with predetermined threshold values to verify the state of each LCD segment. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122011 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSTIC MONITORING OF A WIND TURBINE GENERATOR SYSTEM - A method for diagnostic monitoring of a wind turbine generator system, said wind turbine generator system comprising a generator, a drive train, and a number of sensors for providing signals and a control system. The method comprising the selection of three sets of signals from said sensors. From the three sets of signals three conditioned sets of signals are obtained by high pass filtering said first set of signals, low pass filtering the second set of signals, and forming a moving average value on the third set of signals. Based on each of said first, second and third set of conditioned signals an evaluation is performed in order to determine a fault, where said evaluation comprises comparing the first, second and third set of conditioned signals with reference values. If said comparison indicates a fault an alarm is set. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122012 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TO RESET A HEIGHT IN A HEIGHT DETERMINING DEVICE BASED ON THE OCCURRENCE OF STEPS - A filter processes acceleration magnitude signals from an accelerometer device to output spectral content related to walking and running. A device containing the accelerometer determines steps by qualitatively analyzing the processed acceleration signals to determine whether increased acceleration magnitude results from a step impact from running or walking activity. The device may analyze the acceleration signals to determine crossings of an axis at zero magnitude, which crossings typically correspond to a person's foot impacting the ground, and may analyze the period, between the zero crossings. The step count can indicate whether the device, in a height determination mode, is moving in a vehicle; if analysis of accelerometer signals indicates no stepping or running, but another circuit of the device indicates rapid movement, the device assumes it is moving in a vehicle, and resets a height above ground value to zero upon determining resumption of walking or running activity. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122013 | SENSOR SINGLE TRACK TRIM USING STATIONARY HARDWARE AND FIELDS - A testing environment is provided in which both accelerometers and magnetometers can be tested in parallel, thereby decreasing the total cycle time for testing a semiconductor device package containing those devices. Embodiments of the present invention can also be configured to test singulated packages, thereby providing a tested and trimmed product that more accurately reflects the package delivered to the customer. In one embodiment, a series of device test locations within a testing region are configured to provide a known relationship with multiple fields of force. The device test locations are configured to provide sensitivity data from the packaged sensors in response to the directional forces. Embodiments provide a mechanism to transport the sensor packages from a device test location to a next device test location. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122014 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING AT LEAST ONE UNEVENNESS OF THE ROAD SURFACE - A method for detecting at least one unevenness of the road surface includes reading in a plurality of records that each have at least one geographic position and one information item allocated to this geographic position about a detected local unevenness of the road surface. The method further includes detecting the unevenness of the road surface when information, allocated to an identical geographic position, from a number of records represents in each case a locally detected unevenness of the road surface. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122015 | ATTITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - From a first estimation value of attitude of equipment at a first time, a second estimation value of attitude of the equipment at a second time is derived. For this purpose, a predicted value of the attitude at the second time is generated by applying the first estimation value to a state transition model indicating transition of attitude of the equipment. Then, a difference between the predicted value of the attitude and a true value of the attitude of the equipment is calculated based on data outputted from a sensor in the equipment to thereby generate an estimated attitude error between the predicted attitude and true attitude of the equipment. Further, a specific attitude component is extracted from a plurality of attitude components of the estimated attitude error. Lastly, the second estimation value is calculated based on the predicted value of the attitude and the specific attitude component. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122016 | Machine Positioning System Having Angular Rate Correction - A system and method for estimating orientation of a machine is disclosed. The method may include receiving, from a first sensor, a first angular rate of the machine measured in a body reference frame of the machine, and determining an estimated bias for a second sensor of the machine and an uncertainty measure for the estimated bias. The method may further include determining a scale factor based on the uncertainty measure and converting the first angular rate of the machine in the body reference frame to a first angular rate of the machine in a gravity reference frame by utilizing a rotation matrix including the scale factor. The method may further include estimating the orientation of the machine based on the first angular rate of the machine in the gravity reference frame. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122017 | FLUORESCENT SOCKET CONNECTOR HAVING BEACON MODULE FOR INDOOR POSITIONING, AND INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A fluorescent socket connector having a beacon module for indoor positioning and an indoor positioning system using the same are provided. The fluorescent socket connector includes a power supply unit, an AC/DC converter, and an indoor positioning beacon module. The power supply unit supplies an Alternating Current (AC) power source to power source terminals of a fluorescent lamp. The AC/DC converter receives an input of the AC power source, converts the AC power source into a Direct Current (DC) power source, and supplies a driving power source to the indoor positioning beacon module. The indoor positioning beacon module periodically wireless transmits a beacon signal including a beacon IDentifier (ID) to the external. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122018 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBSERVATION - A system and method for monitoring presence, location, movement and/or attitude of one or more objects in a monitored space. The system includes sensors, which are arranged to certain part of the monitored space, e.g. to floor, wall or ceiling. The sensors are distance measuring ultrasonic sensors which produce measurement results and the system is configured to determine presence, location, movement and/or attitude of an object based on the measurement results. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122019 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING TRANSMISSION DELAY ACROSS A NETWORK - A method of calculating a transmission delay value for data transmitted from a first device to a second device across a communications link. The method involves calculating a plurality of measured values representing the transmission delay measured by the second device over time; detecting a minimum boundary of the measured values; and deriving the transmission delay value from the minimum boundary. The transmission delay value may be used to synchronize the clock signal of the second device to the clock signal of the first device. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122020 | EXPONENTIALLY WEIGHTED MOVING AVERAGING FILTER WITH ADJUSTABLE WEIGHTING FACTOR - A method of increasing a weighting factor of an exponentially weighted moving averaging (“EWMA”) filter is provided. The method includes monitoring a data stream containing raw data values, and determining an EWMA value based on the data stream by an electronic control module. The method includes determining if the EWMA value is between a predetermined maximum fault threshold value and a predetermined minimum fault threshold value. The method includes increasing the weighting factor of the EWMA filter to more heavily weigh incoming raw data values of the data stream based on the difference between the first raw data value and a previously calculated filtered value exceeding the calibration value. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122021 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SEPARATION EFFICIENCY OF CYCLONE SEPARATOR - The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for determining separation efficiency of a cyclone separator. The method comprises: collecting solid particles separated by a cyclone separator; performing a particle size analysis for the collected solid particles; calculating feature parameters of the collected solid particles according to a result of the particle size analysis, wherein the feature parameters are values representing particle size and particle size uniformity of the solid particles; and determining a separation efficiency corresponding to the feature parameters of the collected solid particles as a separation efficiency of the cyclone separator, according to a predetermined correspondence between feature parameter and separation efficiency. The present invention avoids the difficulty in directly measuring the material concentrations at the inlet and the outlet of the cyclone separator and has a small interference with the apparatus. In addition, the test requires a simple operation and has a good repeatability. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122022 | PROCESSING TIME SERIES DATA FROM MULTIPLE SENSORS - Processing time sequence data for multiple sensors, wherein the multiple sensors are divided into multiple sensor groups and each data comprises a time stamp and a value associated with the timestamp. The method comprises: receiving time series data from each sensor; assigning the time series data received to a sensor group to which the sensor belongs; storing time series data in a first database of a first memory, such that multiple time series data assigned to the same sensor group in the multiple sensor groups are stored in at least one database record of the first database; obtaining the time series data of each sensor among the multiple sensors from the first database; storing time series data in a second database of a second memory, such that the multiple time series data from the same sensor are stored in at least one database record of the second database. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122023 | INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR MANAGING INTEGRITY OF A FIELD ASSET - The present invention provides a method and system for managing integrity of a field asset. A request for managing the integrity of the field asset is received by a handheld device. A set of integrity data essential for resolution of the request is captured by the handheld device. One or more workflows, cross referenced from one or more existing engineering processes, are executed and a set of fitness for service evaluations are performed on the captured set of integrity data, during the execution of the one or more workflows. A report of the received request is created, when the one or more workflows are executed completely. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122024 | BOOTING VERIFICATION METHOD OF COMPUTER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A booting verification method for a computer and an electronic device are provided. The booting verification method includes the following steps. Whether a manufacturing mode indication is present is determined. The manufacturing mode indicator is established and the manufacturing mode indicator is set to a predetermined value if the manufacturing mode indicator is absent, where the predetermined value is greater than or equal to 1. Whether the manufacturing mode indicator is greater than 0 is determined if the manufacturing mode indicator is present. A manufacturing booting mode is entered and the manufacturing mode indicator is decreased if the manufacturing mode indicator is greater than 0. A normal booting mode is entered if the manufacturing mode indicator is not greater than 0. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122025 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING REAL-TIME SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF NON-STATIONARY SIGNAL - A method is provided for performing real-time spectral analysis of a non-stationary signal. The method includes sampling the non-stationary signal, using an observation window having a length short enough to approximate a stationary signal, to provide an initial set of sampled data, buffering the initial set of sampled data to obtain multiple buffered sets of sampled data, filtering the initial set of sampled data and the buffered sets of sampled data, using corresponding filter responses, to obtain multiple filtered sets of sampled data, and performing a chirp-z-transform (CZT) of the filtered sets of sampled data to provide a set of discrete Fourier transforms (DFT) coefficients. A total signal spectrum of the non-stationary signal is reconstructed using the set of DFT coefficients. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122026 | Self-testing Graphical Component Algorithm Specification - A system and method automatically ensures consistency among a design model and one or more test models that test the design model. The system may include a broker adapted to construct an interface specification. The interface specification identifies the interface of the design model, e.g., its external inputs, external outputs, and initialization states. It may also identify the outputs, inputs, and initialization setting objects of the test models. Proposed changes to the design model's interface may be captured by the broker, and applied to the design model and to the test models atomically. Proposed changes to a given test model that implicate the design model's interface also may be captured, and applied to the given test model, the other test models, and the design model atomically. Default behaviors may be defined for applying the proposed changes to the other test models and the design model. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122027 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT TO PERFORM DIGITAL ORTHODONTICS AT ONE OR MORE SITES - A set of rules to design an orthodontic appliance for generating an aesthetic smile is maintained in a computational device, where the set of rules is associated with an application that executes in the computational device. At least one measured value is computed from one or more features extracted by processing dental information of a patient. The application generates a parameter to design an orthodontic appliance based on the at least one measured value and the set of rules for generating the aesthetic smile. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122028 | SELF-TESTING GRAPHICAL COMPONENT ALGORITHM SPECIFICATION - A system and method automatically ensures consistency among a design model, an interface specification and one or more tests that test the design model. The system may include a broker adapted to construct the interface specification. The interface specification identifies the interface of the design model, e.g., its external inputs, external outputs, and initialization settings. It may also identify the outputs, inputs, and initialization setting objects of the tests. Proposed changes to any one of the design model's interface, the interface specification and the interfaces of the tests may be captured by the broker, and applied to the other two. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122029 | LAYER-BY-LAYER QUANTIFICATION OF THE REMODELING OF THE HUMAN FOVEA IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE - A system and method for layer-by-layer quantification of the remodeling of the human fovea comprises finding a fixed reference point in inner retina, measuring the thickness of the inner retina at the fixed reference point, for a range of finely sampled distances starting from the fixed reference point, measuring the thickness, comparing the measured thickness with a normative base and obtaining a plurality of curves, evaluating area for each curve and defining a distance from the fixed reference having highest sensitivity with respect to the fixed reference point compared to the normative base, displaying a 3D re-creation of foveal architecture-based color-coded picture in accordance with the measured thickness at each finely sampled distance, entering the measured thickness into a model having parameters, obtaining numerical solutions for each parameter, and defining percent change of the parameters for the patient versus the parameters for the control. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122030 | COMPUTER PRODUCT, ESTIMATING APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - An estimating apparatus for estimating a degree of ease of parts removal, uses design data concerning an assembly that includes a given part as a constituent element. The degree of ease of parts removal apparatus refers to the design data and calculates the degree of ease of removal in a case of removing the given part from a given direction, based on a ratio of an area of the part when the assembly is seen from the given direction to an area of the part as seen from the given direction, without a visual field being blocked by other parts. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122031 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INDOOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICE - An apparatus for providing information on an indoor infrastructure includes a search request receiving unit configured to receive a search request for a specific indoor space from any terminal. Further, the apparatus includes an information providing unit configured to transmit a map and spatial information corresponding to the specific indoor space to the terminal for the display thereof. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a node information providing unit configured to, when a specific node is selected in the displayed map and spatial information, search a video image, POI information or location information corresponding to the specific node and provide the searched result to the terminal. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122032 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND PROCESSOR-READABLE MEDIA FOR OPTIMIZING INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM STRATEGIES UTILIZING SYSTEMATIC GENETIC ALGORITHMS - Methods, systems and processor-readable media for modeling and optimizing multiple ITS (Intelligent Transportation System) strategies utilizing a systematic genetic algorithm. A traffic simulation model can be configured in conjunction with a genetic algorithm based optimization engine for optimizing the transportation models. An origin-destination matrix that minimizes discrepancies between a simulated and an observed link traffic count can be estimated by considering a road network and a traffic count with respect to a region. A driver behavior can then be determined utilizing the origin-destination matrix via calibration so that the simulation model can replicate a freeway traffic flow in the region. An optimal parameter with respect to the ITS strategies can be determined to optimize a set goal with respect to a given constraint. Such an approach meets a level of service (LOS) metric as well as a revenue target under the applied ITS strategies. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122033 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLUID DYNAMICS PREDICTION WITH AN ENHANCED POTENTIAL FLOW MODEL - A system and method for modeling airflow and temperature are disclosed. In one example, the method includes receiving input data related to a physical layout of a facility, dividing, by a computer, a representation of the facility into a plurality of grid cells, identifying where effects of at least one of jet airflow, thermal plumes and buoyancy forces are present in the facility based on the physical layout, specifying a velocity value, using a velocity correction method, for a first set of the plurality of grid cells if the effects of at least one of jet airflow and thermal plumes are present within the first set of the plurality of grid cells, calculating, by the computer, an airflow velocity value for each of a second set of the plurality of grid cells, the second set being different from the first set, modifying the determined airflow velocity value for any of the second set of the plurality of grid cells where the effects of buoyancy forces are present, and storing, on a storage device, the modified airflow values. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122034 | DRILL BIT BODY RUBBING SIMULATION - A method of predicting behavior of a drilling assembly includes generating, by a processor, a mathematical representation of a geometry of drill bit that includes a plurality of earth contacting portions, the plurality of earth contacting portions including a plurality of cutters and one or more additional components; estimating, with a separate model for each earth contacting portion, contact with the earth formation during a drilling operation; and estimating one or more forces on the one or more earth contact portions during the drilling operation based on the estimated contact. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122035 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING SAND PRODUCTION IN A GEOMECHANICAL RESERVOIR SYSTEM - Systems and methods are provided for use in predicting sand production in a geomechanical reservoir system. Computation of the sand production predictions can include solving a system of partial differential equations that model the geomechanical reservoir system. Systems and methods also are provided for use in operating a geomechanical reservoir system based on the sand production prediction for controlling sand production in the geomechanical reservoir system. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122036 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING THE EFFECT OF FLUID SOLID INTERACTIONS AND PULSATION ON TRANSPORT OF LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN THROUGH AN ARTERIAL WALL - Methods and systems for analyzing the effects of Fluid Solid Interactions (FSI) and pulsation on the transport of Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL) through an elastic wall (e.g., an arterial wall). A comprehensive multi-layer model for both LDL transport as well as FSI can be analyzed and compared with existing results in limiting cases. The model takes into account the complete multi-layered LDL transport while incorporating FSI aspects to enable a comprehensive study of the deformation effect on the pertinent parameters of the transport processes within an artery. Since the flow inside an artery is time-dependent, the impact of pulsatile flow is also analyzed with and without FSI. The consequence of different factors on LDL transport in an artery is also analyzed. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122037 | CONDITIONING RANDOM SAMPLES OF A SUBTERRANEAN FIELD MODEL TO A NONLINEAR FUNCTION - A method for performing a field operation in a field includes obtaining subterranean field models that are generated based on measured data of a portion of the field. The subterranean field models include statistically derived data for a remainder portion of the field where the measured data is not available. Using a constraint optimization algorithm, weighting factors are determined that represent contributions of the subterranean field models to a combined model. The weighting factors are determined based on a statistical constraint defined by a statistical distribution of the subterranean field models and based on an optimization constraint such that a difference between a modeled value of the field and a pre-determined target value is less than a pre-determined threshold. The combined model is generated from the subterranean field model based on the weighting factors A field operation is performed based on the combined model. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122038 | PRESSURE BASED ARTERIAL FAILURE PREDICTOR - A three-dimensional multilayer model of mechanical response for analyzing the effect of pressure on arterial failure. The three-dimensional effects are incorporated within five-concentric axisymmetric layers while incorporating the nonlinear elastic characteristics under combined extension and inflation. Constitutive equations for fiber-reinforced material are employed for layers such as intima, media, and adventitia, and an isotropic material model is employed for layers such as endothelium and internal elastic lamina. The three-dimensional five-layer model can be utilized to model propagated rupture area of the arterial wall. Required parameters for each layer are obtained by using nonlinear least square method fitted to in vivo non-invasive experimental data of human artery and the effects of pressure on arterial failure are examined. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122039 | PATTERN CHANGE DISCOVERY BETWEEN HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA SETS - The general problem of pattern change discovery between high-dimensional data sets is addressed by considering the notion of the principal angles between the subspaces is introduced to measure the subspace difference between two high-dimensional data sets. Current methods either mainly focus on magnitude change detection of low-dimensional data sets or are under supervised frameworks. Principal angles bear a property to isolate subspace change from the magnitude change. To address the challenge of directly computing the principal angles, matrix factorization is used to serve as a statistical framework and develop the principle of the dominant subspace mapping to transfer the principal angle based detection to a matrix factorization problem. Matrix factorization can be naturally embedded into the likelihood ratio test based on the linear models. The method may be unsupervised and addresses the statistical significance of the pattern changes between high-dimensional data sets. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122040 | VENUE BASED REAL TIME CROWD MODELING AND FORECASTING - Crowds of people within an environment can be modeled in real time. A multitude of mobile devices located within an environment can periodically transmit their geographical locations over networks to a remote server. The remote server can use these geographical locations to generate a current real-time model of a crowd of people who possess the mobile devices that transmitted the geographical locations. The remote server can transmit the model over networks back to the mobile devices. The mobile devices can use the received model to present useful information to the users of those mobile devices. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122041 | LINKING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE TESTING TOOLS AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE MODELING TO ENABLE USABILITY ASSESSMENT - Methods of providing usability predictions are set forth herein. A method includes obtaining test cases for analyzing usability of a graphical user interface of a given software application. The method further includes automatically generating, using a processor, a human performance model based on the test cases. The method also includes generating the usability predictions based on the human performance model. At least some of the test cases are generated automatically from an analysis of the given software application. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122042 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INFERRING STRATIGRAPHY FROM SUBOPTIMAL QUALITY SEISMIC IMAGES - Stratigraphy is inferred over a volume of seismic information. Seismic images are implemented to create higher fidelity stratigraphic structure by leveraging a process that translates seismic image information back and forth into and out of a space that is flattened on geographic time. The stratigraphic structure inferred may be implemented in seismic modeling | 2014-05-01 |
20140122043 | LINKING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE TESTING TOOLS AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE MODELING TO ENABLE USABILITY ASSESSMENT - Systems and computer program products for providing usability predictions are set forth herein. A system includes a test case collector for obtaining test cases for analyzing usability of a graphical user interface of a given software application, the test case collector having at least a memory storing the test cases. The system further includes a human performance model generator for automatically generating a human performance model based on the test cases. The system also includes a usability predictor for generating the usability predictions based on the human performance model. The test case collector automatically generates at least some of the test cases from an analysis of the given software application. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122044 | HARVEST-TIME RIPENESS ESTIMATION DEVICE, HARVEST-TIME RIPENESS ESTIMATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention estimates information indicating ripeness at harvest time at a stage after the harvest time. A harvest-time ripeness estimation device includes: a first optical data acquisition unit configured to acquire first optical data obtained by applying light of a first wavelength to a fruit or vegetable at a first time point after harvest time of the fruit or vegetable; a harvest-time ripeness correspondence information storage unit configured to store harvest-time ripeness correspondence information indicating correspondence relation between ripeness at the harvest time of the fruit or vegetable and a value of the first optical data with respect to the light of the first wavelength; and a harvest-time ripeness estimation unit configured to estimate the ripeness at the harvest time of the fruit or vegetable on the basis of the acquired first optical data and the harvest-time ripeness correspondence information. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122045 | PAVEMENT CONDITION ANALYSIS FROM MODELING IMPACT OF TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS, WEATHER DATA AND ROAD CONDITIONS ON SEGMENTS OF A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE - A pavement condition analysis system and method models a state of a roadway by processing at least traffic and weather data to simulate the impact of traffic and weather conditions on a particular section of a transportation infrastructure. Traffic data is ingested from a plurality of different external sources to incorporate various approaches estimating traffic characteristics such as speed, flow, and incidents, into a road condition model to analyze traffic conditions on the roadway in order to improve road condition assessments and/or prediction. A road condition model applies these traffic characteristics, weather data, and other input data relevant to road conditions, accounting for heat and moisture exchanges between the road, the atmosphere, and pavement substrate(s) in a pavement's composition, as further influenced by traffic and road maintenance activities, to generate accurate and reliable simulations and predictions of pavement condition states for motorists, communication to vehicles, use by industry and public entities, and other end uses such as media distribution. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122046 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EMULATING SPACECRAFT PROXIMITY OPERATIONS IN A LABORATORY - Systems and methods are described for emulating proximity operations of a spacecraft. In one embodiment, a method includes: projecting an image of a first spacecraft on a surface and initiating a proximity operation between the first spacecraft and a second spacecraft. The method further includes evaluating sensor feedback from the second spacecraft based on the proximity operation. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122047 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING BOREHOLE PARAMETERS - A method of monitoring and predicting measurement data includes: collecting a first plurality of measured data values over an initial time interval; calculating an initial predictive model based on the initial measured data values and calculating a prediction of data values over a prediction time window based on the initial predictive model; collecting a second plurality of measured data values at a plurality of time values following the initial time interval; for each of the second plurality of time values, calculating a new predictive model based on: a data value at a current time value, the first plurality of measured data values, and measured data values associated with time values between the current time value and the initial time interval; and for each of the second plurality of time values, calculating a prediction of data values over a prediction time window based on the new predictive model. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122048 | System and method for personalized cardiac arrhythmia risk assessment by simulating arrhythmia inducibility - A method of determining a likelihood of an occurrence of a cardiac arrhythmia in a patient includes receiving three-dimensional imaging data of said patient's heart, constructing a whole-heart model for simulating at least one of electrophysiological activity or electromechanical activity of the patient's heart using the three-dimensional imaging data, simulating a response of the patient's heart to each of a plurality of stimulations to a corresponding plurality of different locations within the patient's heart using the whole-heart model, classifying each simulation outcome for each stimulation as one of a normal heart rhythm or a cardiac arrhythmia, calculating a likelihood index based on results of the classifying, and determining the likelihood of the occurrence of the cardiac arrhythmia in the patient based on the likelihood index. Software and data processing systems that implement the above methods are also provided. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122049 | Over-the-Air Test - A radio channel generator has a radio channel model predistorted on the basis of a predetermined chamber model. An emulator receives the weights of the radio channel model predistorted on the basis of the chamber model. A transmitter feeds a communication signal to the emulator. The emulator weights the communication signal with the radio channel model predistorted on the basis of the chamber model. The over-the-air antennas receive the weighted communication signal and transmit it to a device under test. The chamber model is based on a simulation or a measurement. The chamber model takes into account undesired interactions in the over-the-air chamber for cancelling them during the radio channel emulation. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122050 | Electrical Power System Stability Optimization System - A method and apparatus for electrical power system stability optimization. An electrical power system comprising source elements and load elements is simulated to generate impedance data, wherein the impedance data identifies an impedance of the electrical power system. A stability profile of the electrical power system is characterized as a function of the impedance data, wherein the stability profile identifies the source elements and load elements to control power generation by the electrical power system to optimize stability of the electrical power system. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122051 | CONVERSION METHOD, PROGRAM AND SYSTEM OF POWER SYSTEM DATA MODELS - A power system data model conversion method, a power system data model conversion system and a power system data model conversion program which are to perform a fast power system analysis and used for a power system analysis capable of reducing inconsistency with another information system, wherein all instances used for the power system analysis are read out from a CIM database server which is commonly used on a power system information system, and a connected relation between instances is constructed while performing recursive retrieval. And, conversion processing of the data model is performed to integrate information necessary for the power system analysis and dispersed to extend over the plural classes of a CIM data model into one class. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122052 | DETECTION OF JIT SPRAYING BY FLASH WITH AN ACTIONSCRIPT EMULATOR - Methods and systems for detecting JIT spraying by ActionScript bytecode (ABC) contained within a Flash file are provided. According to one embodiment, an ActionScript emulator receives a Flash file to be tested. The emulator implements a modified version of an operator typically implemented by an ActionScript virtual machine. The emulator reveals one or more tagged data blocks (tags) contained within the Flash file by decoding the Flash file. The emulator determines whether the one or more tags are capable of containing ABC by evaluating the one or more tags. When an affirmative determination results with respect to a tag of the one or more tags, then the emulator interprets and executes the ABC associated with the tag. Responsive to observing one or more predetermined conditions by a detector implemented within the modified version of the operator, the emulator reports existence of JIT spraying functionality within the Flash file. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122053 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING WORLDWIDE REAL-TIME PERSONAL MEDICAL INFORMATION - The present invention relates to preparing for all kinds of emergency by storing personal medical information and providing on site, real-time medical information during an emergency event or visit to a medical practitioner. An internet-connected device is used to contact the system's server via the Internet, for subscribing and entering personal medical information, preferably with biometric data, into the system's database. In case of emergency, any phone can be used to contact an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system, which prompts the caller for identification pre-stored in the system's database to identify the subscriber. Upon positive identification, the IVR automatically translates the IVR menu language into the local language, contacts the system's server to access the system's database and provides the personal medical information in the chosen manner. Each call generates, in real time, a new event in an Event Log, which can be used to manage rescue activity from announcement to activity closure. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122054 | TRANSLATING PHRASES FROM IMAGE DATA ON A GUI - A method, system, and/or computer program product translates a phrase in a first language to an equivalent phrase in a second language. Electronic data includes image data, which describes one or more graphical user interface (GUI) elements on a GUI. The GUI includes a delineated area that is used by a GUI element. The GUI element is matched to one of a plurality of predefined GUI elements, where each of the plurality of predefined GUI elements is predefined by a set of data that comprises a conditional expression, which describes a structure of a particular GUI element, as well as a type of text data that is associated with that particular GUI element. Text data from the delineated area in the GUI is then translated from the first language into the second language according to the type of text data that is associated with a particular type of GUI element. | 2014-05-01 |
20140122055 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED LANGUAGE IDENTIFICATION USING LANGUAGE TAGS - Disclosed herein is an ability to identify a supported language. A current language tag including one or more subtags, each subtag providing language identification information. In response to determining that a language referenced by the current language tag is not a supported language, accessing a stored set of mappings including one or more mappings, each mapping associating a first language tag with a second language tag, determining whether or not a mapping in the set of mappings includes the current language tag as one of the first and second language tags and a new language tag as the other of the first and second language tags, and using the new language tag as the current language tag to identify the supported language. | 2014-05-01 |